Another pronounciation question

dancer02248 · Post by **dancer02248** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 4:04 pm

car-mel all the way!

beka8910 · Post by **beka8910** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 4:21 pm

i say CAR-mel

JesusFreak777 · Post by **JesusFreak777** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 12:14 am

Mandy Straussberg wrote:I tend to say it more like car-mole, but not quite. Maybe more like car-muhl. I don't know exactly.

I once heard a somewhat reliable source say that Car-mel is the harder candy type, and care-a-mel is the liquid (like butterscotch on ice cream, etc.).

But I don't care. It's all car-mole/muhl to me anyway.

Mandy

I have heard this too.

I say both by the way. It just depends. I think I tend too use Care a mel more if it is really really good carmel. If it is inexpensive or just bad then i say carmel. Actually I'm just kinda making this up as I go along. I really have no reason for why I say both. I just do.

Elf of Rivendell · Post by **Elf of Rivendell** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 5:55 am

Same here, JF- I pronounce it both ways as well. I really hadn't thought about it much until I read this topic, actually...

Evil Chick · Post by **Evil Chick** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 3:23 pm

Interesting! I guess I was kind of expecting it to be this way, but I was expecting more people to say it like care-a-mel. Hmmm... Anyway, I always wondered about this, especially after listening to "Subject Yourself", when Jack said it like "care-a-mel".

Taq · Post by **Taq** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 6:27 pm

CARE-A-mel. CAR-mel is annoying.

Master Kenobi · Post by **Master Kenobi** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 8:08 pm

It's the former choice for me.

poWerbOy · Post by **poWerbOy** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 8:14 pm

i say it either way.....i have friends thatgive me a hard time about how i pronounce everything even though i don't have an accent of any kind

Evil Chick · Post by **Evil Chick** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 1:59 pm

So, I have another question, I just thought of it today. When you say apricot, do you say the "a" like in apple or like in ape?

Country Girl · Post by **Country Girl** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 2:06 pm

JesusFreak777 · Post by **JesusFreak777** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 4:16 pm

apple

Laura Ingalls · Post by **Laura Ingalls** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 8:11 pm

Elf of Rivendell · Post by **Elf of Rivendell** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 8:13 pm

Apple. I didn't know it was pronounced the other way.

Evil Chick · Post by **Evil Chick** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 7:03 am

I used to say it with an a like apple, but have now changed it to ape.

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Another pronounciation question

How do you pronounce the word "caramel"?